Boulder, Colo. ? What U.S. city has 83 inches of snow per year — as well as more sunshine than Miami or San Diego?

The answer is Boulder, where there are more than 300 sunny days in an average year.

An hour from Denver and a 45-minute drive from Rocky Mountain National Park, Boulder has plenty of things to do in spring and summer.

Outdoor attractions include mountain biking, swimming and boating in the Boulder Reservoir, tubing down the Boulder Creek, and hiking on trails, including two favorites, the Bobolink Trail and the Marshall Mesa Trail.

A tour of the Celestial Seasonings tea factory would not be complete without a stop at the sinus-clearing Mint Room.

Boulder’s Chautauqua Summer Festival, which was founded more than a century ago by teachers from Texas who wanted to bring arts and education to the West, is one of the few remaining Chautauquas in the nation. Concerts, lectures and performances run throughout the summer; find details at www.chautauqua.com or (303) 440-7666.